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chicago examiner sunday chicago may 8 1910 vol x no 45 a m sunday u.Â»k..w i pwce five cents boo tt i the weather b fm chicago and vlclnlty threaten m _ v-3 '" 9 suncla y with rain in the morn p^jl v u]p in g continued coo monday fair v 1 and slightly warmer brisk to high northeast winds decreasing and be ft sr coming variable 11 this edition consists of 1 m i ktews 7-dbam4 jsj4y f-y'jh 2 â€” cabus music p'a f:^9t 3 â€” autos classified.8 â€” classified j v s 4 â€” sport 9 â€” real estate t jf v a s_orrr re financial j tvi oitylmi mar-cuts jtat 3jj society io â€” maoazihb imb f 6 â€” editorial 11 â€” comic __* link weeping makes third confession of bribery madison stock raiser ceases his bluster when indicted and admits he got 1,000 by voting for lorimer browne and wilson placed under bonds perjury charge against leg islator is nolied when he tells grand jury of getting 900 from jack pot representatives clark and blair are quizzed â€” blair swears he refused money to oppose direct primary and local option explains possession of bills developments ik bkibeet i scandal confessions of bribe taking by representatives c a white h j c beckemeyer and m s link each admitting he nas paid ji.ooo for voting for lorimer in senatorial election and 900 from legislative jackpot sxt results of confessions white and beckemeyer testify before grand jury and receive immunity after confessing link indicted for perjury con fesses to bribe taking and indictment is quashed .._ representative lee o'n el l browne indicted on charge of bribe giving representative robert e wll eon indicted on charge of perjury facts tet to be disclosed â€” from whom did browne receive the money with which to purchase lorimer votes avho are the real bribers for whom the others merely acted as paid tools who are the men higher up who are the men and predatory corporations that bought legislation represented by the jackpot fund - who are the men higher up a new thunderbolt struck yesterday in the legislative graft investigation wheu michael s link democratic representative from madison county confessed to the grand jury . that he had been bribed 1,000 io cast his vote for william lorimer in the senatorial election and had received juoo as his share of the jackpot corruption fund he swore that the lorimer bribe had been paid to him at st louis by lee o'neil browne minority leader of the house a few weeks after the close of the regular session of 1900 and that on a later visit to st louis the 000 amount was paid to him by representative robert e wilson of chicago as to amounts and purposes of the bribes this confession xo 3 eiactly corroborates the previous confessions of representatives charles a white and h j c beck emeyer and fastens about browne and wilson a network of evidence which has elated state's attorney wayman and his assistants payments made in st louis further details of beckemeyer's confes siou which add to the gravity of the charges against browne and wilson be came public during tlle day it was learned definitely that beckemeyer testified that bis . 000 bribe for voting for lorimer was paid to him by browne and the 900 by wilson boih payments were made at st louis iu consummation of a corrupt bargain entered into at springfield link's admission is the third sworn statement upholding the perjury indictment re turned against wilson and based on the latter's testimony that he paid no money at st louis to liuk beckemeyer or any one else the bribery charge against browne is based on his alleged payment to white of bjo in the briggs house iu chicago 100 of the 1,000 bribe having been paid at springfield according to white's story and 50 iu chicago while cook county does not have jurisdiction to vote bribery indictments in the case of payments made at st louis the stories of beckemeyer and link are highly valued by state's attorney wayman as proving white's credibility and bearing out his testimony regarding the corrupt bargain in accordance with which the 850 was paid the foundation has been laid for additional indictments by the sangamon county grand jury at springfield which has jurisdiction lu all the bribery cases involving legislation there luiuicdiatelv following link's avowal of his guilt states attorney wayman went the new king and queen of england queen victoria marv king george v thomas f byrnes the inspector dies noted police official formerly on new york force victim of cancer \ new york may thomas f byrnes regaru-ed as one of tlie greatest policemen that ever lived tle man who as the in spector made the ceutral office of new york known to every criminal iii the caucasian world died at his home 318 west seventy-seventh street at 1 o'clock to night his end was not unexpected for two years or more he and lis friends knew that he was suffering from a stomach dis ease which made his death a matter of a relatively short time the professional diagnosis as announced to-night was acute gastritis but byrnes himself told a friend six months ago tliat he had cancer of the stomach and as lie was then past sixty-eight and weakened hy suffering nn operation was out of the question the fatal seizure was of a week's duration byrnes retired from . the police department in 1893 after more than thirty years of efficient service after his retirement he had a private detective agency for a time but soon he abandoned that business and retired into private life altogether living quii-tly at bis handsome home witli his wife and his two daughters during his long career mr byrnes accumulated a handsonu fortune which he increased considerably by occasional flyers lu wall street during byrnes regime he was so feared by the cfooks that many uf them who had been notorious emigrated to other parts of the world while at the present time the city is overran with criminals of every kind and the police department seems helpless ami absolutely unable to and auy clew in scores of the most staruiug and heinous crimes byrnes was appointed a policeman on december 10 iw the manhattan bank robbery offered an opportunity for the exercise of ills remark able genius as a detector of crimes and criminals only a few months after his appointment to n captaincy he landed the robbers in prison nnd they were cuuvlc'ed iu due time his reward was au inspector ship 673 children found in one chicago block school census reports 1,606 of school age or under in three blocks of laborers homes rate suicide is not known in the districts in chicago in which dwell the laboring classes no matter what lake shore drive kenwood and other fashionable residence localities may show figuies giving some surprising information were-sent yesterday to w l bodlne who is directing the school census by turee of the census takers these three showed thnt in three blocks one reported by each there are i,'sog children one block in which there were found 673 children of school age and under will prolinbly hold the ' record when the census is completed the figures given nre as follows children ln the block bounded by halsted desplaines bunker and de koven streets in the nineteenth ward 7'i children iu the bloek bounded by milwaukee avenue nnd wade crittenden and noble streets iu the seventeenth ward 480 , children in the block bounded by kit-urn avenue and taylor latlin and loomis streets in the ninth ward 453 packers case halts extradition denied new jersey governor refuses to ask deneen for chicago ; ) beef barons . _ trenton n j may 7.-governor fort - to-day announced that he would not grant j the application of pwÂ»ecutor pierre gar ven of hudson county for the requisition â– upon the governor of illinois for the ex tradition of j ogden armour edward . morris and louis swift the chicago beef i barons wbo have been indicted by the hudson county grand jury on charges of ' conspiring to enhance the cost of meat governor fort's refusal brings to a halt j the prosecution of the packers and cold storage men and nothing further can be done uuless the defendants are discovered within new jersey and served with papers the decision was rendered on the application for the requisition for armour which was used as a test case governor fort said that the offenses alleged are not covered by state legislation tlie main ground for refusal was the fact that armour was not in the state when the jnlleged conspiracy was committed and is not a fugitive from justice the governor j found that armour's visits to hoboken i were apparently fur no purpose save bourd jlng or leaving atlantic liners there nre other applications pending he ifore governor fort for the extradition of them connected with the meat packing companies in the west but when the hearing was sought by counsel for the packer the armour case was selected as a test and a hearing was blven upon that alone _ whether applications for extradition wlll now be pressed in the cases of tho other packers will depend upon prosecutor in ven unless some new point can be raised by the prosecutor the applications it g said will result in a refusal by the governor to grant requisitions upon tho governor of illiuou , 75,000 more for postoffice site appropriation bill will . give total of s2-000,000 for west side land purchase â€¢ washington may 7 chicago is to get an increase of about 750,000 in the sum the government will allow for the purchase of a site for the new west side postoffice which with the 1,250,000 already appropriated will bring the total up to 2,000,000 the additional appropriation ls to be carried in the public building bill which wlll be reported in about ten days there has been a scramble to get in on the public building bill and requests have been made for enough money for sites and buildings to bankrupt the mint the committee is bringing out a bill this year for two reasons first certain buildings are absolutely necessary and second there nre a number of congressmen who must be helped out in the coming campaign for a congressman to secure an appropriation for a public building in his district is about the highest evidence of his right to come back to washington chicago gets tlie flrst ribbon not only does congress recognize that the new postoffice is badly needed but the l'ostoftu*e department is backiug the project fred lundiu the illiuois member of the committee learned early lhat a bill wns to come out and his request for more money for chicago was oue of the flrst he asked for 1,250,000 the treasury department is in favor of the congress and halsted streets site to conform to the buiuham plans for a west side civic center george v sorrowing fdr father takes throne as ruler oe british empire successor to edward vii sobbing and in deep mourning makes address to the privy council as his first act as the new sovereign of the united kingdom date of coronation undecided dowager queen bears up under her bereavement financial and political leaders unite to meet crisis precipitated by monarch's death five of europe's rulers will attend the funeral king and mother thank united states 11 7 ashington map 7 the followin g message was received at tht vv white house to-day bp president taft london may 7 president taft white house washington : i am deeply grateful to you your government and your people for your condolences on the death of my be loved father and for your good wishes for my future prosperity george rex et imperator marlborough house rrr ashington , map 7 the following cablegram has been receives w at the white house london may 7 the president washington i am deeply touched by your telegram and i ask you to convey my heartfelt thanks to the people and the gov ernment of the united states for their sympathy in my irreparable loss and sorrow alexandra y ondon may 7 king george v was formally proclaimed as successor to the throne at 4 o'clock this afternoon j the impressive ceremony took place in the throne room of the little medieval st james palace in the presence of his privy council his majesty was almost overcome by emotion his speech modeled cleverly after that his father had delivered under the same circumstances was almost unintelligible for his sobs his tears fell on the parchments as he signed the statutory declarations and his pro found grief deeply touched the privy councillors and all the dignitaries present an immense but quiet multlde pressed about the palace for a sight ' of george v who passed with but little state he wore an admiral's uniform and was attended only by two officials from marlborough house he was greeted in silence and with bowed heads as he proceeded to the palace while two of his sons watched him from over the palace wall oath administered by lord loreburn the lord mayor of london with the shsjfffs in state coaches and robes of office made a gaudy show but viscount morley uif srackburn and other privy councillors arrived in hansoms and pushed their way through the crowd the oath was administered to the king by lord loreburn lord high chancellor following custom the members of the cabinet who were present tendered their formal resignations to the new ruler who at once re turned the resignations unacted upon thereupon the members of the cabinet and the privy councillors kissed the king's hand iccording to the traditional custom to signify allegiance to the new ruler addressing the privy council king george said my lords and gentlemen my heart is too full for me to ad dress you to-day in more than a few words it is my sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of my dearly loved father the king king comforted by sympathy of subjects in thia irreparable loss which has so suddenly fallen upon me and the whole empire i am comforted by the feeling that i have the sympathy of my future subjects who will mourn with me for their be loved sovereign whose own happiness was found in sharing and promoting theirs i have lost not only a father's love but the affectionate and intimate relations of a dear friend and adviser no less confident am i in the universal and loving sympathy which is assured to my dearest mother in her overwhelming grief standing here llttle more than nine years ago our beloved king declared that so long as there was breath in his body he would work for the good and amelioration of his subjects i am sure that the opinion of the whole nation will be that this declaration has been . fully carried out ;' to endeavor to follow in his footsteps and at the same time ta uphold the constitutional government of these realms will be the earnest object of my life i am deeply sensible of the very heavy responsibilities which have fallen upon me i know that i can rely upon the parliament and upon the people of these islands and my dominions beyond the seas for their help in the discharge of these arduous duties and the prayers that god will grant me strength and guidance lam encouraged by the knowledge that i have in my dear wife one who will be a constant helpmate in every endeavor for our people's good 68 guns fired denoting dead king's age while king george was signing the proclamation of his accession in the presence of his privy councillors who came in uniform and wear ing brilliant decorations a battery in the adjoining park was firing sixty-eight guns denoting the age o f his predecessor monday morning the proclamation of george v.'s accession will be read in all the principal towns in the kingdom trumpeters clad in scarlet and gold escorted by life g uards wilf enter the city of lou don and the lord mayor and aldermen in robes of office will meet them at temple bar . ' , the ceremony was expected to take place in london to-day and continued on bth f'age 1 column she's coining back after she sees the passion play see page 4 editorial section forÃŸargains in rebuilt cars see page four want ad section

chicago examiner sunday chicago may 8 1910 vol x no 45 a m sunday u.Â»k..w i pwce five cents boo tt i the weather b fm chicago and vlclnlty threaten m _ v-3 '" 9 suncla y with rain in the morn p^jl v u]p in g continued coo monday fair v 1 and slightly warmer brisk to high northeast winds decreasing and be ft sr coming variable 11 this edition consists of 1 m i ktews 7-dbam4 jsj4y f-y'jh 2 â€” cabus music p'a f:^9t 3 â€” autos classified.8 â€” classified j v s 4 â€” sport 9 â€” real estate t jf v a s_orrr re financial j tvi oitylmi mar-cuts jtat 3jj society io â€” maoazihb imb f 6 â€” editorial 11 â€” comic __* link weeping makes third confession of bribery madison stock raiser ceases his bluster when indicted and admits he got 1,000 by voting for lorimer browne and wilson placed under bonds perjury charge against leg islator is nolied when he tells grand jury of getting 900 from jack pot representatives clark and blair are quizzed â€” blair swears he refused money to oppose direct primary and local option explains possession of bills developments ik bkibeet i scandal confessions of bribe taking by representatives c a white h j c beckemeyer and m s link each admitting he nas paid ji.ooo for voting for lorimer in senatorial election and 900 from legislative jackpot sxt results of confessions white and beckemeyer testify before grand jury and receive immunity after confessing link indicted for perjury con fesses to bribe taking and indictment is quashed .._ representative lee o'n el l browne indicted on charge of bribe giving representative robert e wll eon indicted on charge of perjury facts tet to be disclosed â€” from whom did browne receive the money with which to purchase lorimer votes avho are the real bribers for whom the others merely acted as paid tools who are the men higher up who are the men and predatory corporations that bought legislation represented by the jackpot fund - who are the men higher up a new thunderbolt struck yesterday in the legislative graft investigation wheu michael s link democratic representative from madison county confessed to the grand jury . that he had been bribed 1,000 io cast his vote for william lorimer in the senatorial election and had received juoo as his share of the jackpot corruption fund he swore that the lorimer bribe had been paid to him at st louis by lee o'neil browne minority leader of the house a few weeks after the close of the regular session of 1900 and that on a later visit to st louis the 000 amount was paid to him by representative robert e wilson of chicago as to amounts and purposes of the bribes this confession xo 3 eiactly corroborates the previous confessions of representatives charles a white and h j c beck emeyer and fastens about browne and wilson a network of evidence which has elated state's attorney wayman and his assistants payments made in st louis further details of beckemeyer's confes siou which add to the gravity of the charges against browne and wilson be came public during tlle day it was learned definitely that beckemeyer testified that bis . 000 bribe for voting for lorimer was paid to him by browne and the 900 by wilson boih payments were made at st louis iu consummation of a corrupt bargain entered into at springfield link's admission is the third sworn statement upholding the perjury indictment re turned against wilson and based on the latter's testimony that he paid no money at st louis to liuk beckemeyer or any one else the bribery charge against browne is based on his alleged payment to white of bjo in the briggs house iu chicago 100 of the 1,000 bribe having been paid at springfield according to white's story and 50 iu chicago while cook county does not have jurisdiction to vote bribery indictments in the case of payments made at st louis the stories of beckemeyer and link are highly valued by state's attorney wayman as proving white's credibility and bearing out his testimony regarding the corrupt bargain in accordance with which the 850 was paid the foundation has been laid for additional indictments by the sangamon county grand jury at springfield which has jurisdiction lu all the bribery cases involving legislation there luiuicdiatelv following link's avowal of his guilt states attorney wayman went the new king and queen of england queen victoria marv king george v thomas f byrnes the inspector dies noted police official formerly on new york force victim of cancer \ new york may thomas f byrnes regaru-ed as one of tlie greatest policemen that ever lived tle man who as the in spector made the ceutral office of new york known to every criminal iii the caucasian world died at his home 318 west seventy-seventh street at 1 o'clock to night his end was not unexpected for two years or more he and lis friends knew that he was suffering from a stomach dis ease which made his death a matter of a relatively short time the professional diagnosis as announced to-night was acute gastritis but byrnes himself told a friend six months ago tliat he had cancer of the stomach and as lie was then past sixty-eight and weakened hy suffering nn operation was out of the question the fatal seizure was of a week's duration byrnes retired from . the police department in 1893 after more than thirty years of efficient service after his retirement he had a private detective agency for a time but soon he abandoned that business and retired into private life altogether living quii-tly at bis handsome home witli his wife and his two daughters during his long career mr byrnes accumulated a handsonu fortune which he increased considerably by occasional flyers lu wall street during byrnes regime he was so feared by the cfooks that many uf them who had been notorious emigrated to other parts of the world while at the present time the city is overran with criminals of every kind and the police department seems helpless ami absolutely unable to and auy clew in scores of the most staruiug and heinous crimes byrnes was appointed a policeman on december 10 iw the manhattan bank robbery offered an opportunity for the exercise of ills remark able genius as a detector of crimes and criminals only a few months after his appointment to n captaincy he landed the robbers in prison nnd they were cuuvlc'ed iu due time his reward was au inspector ship 673 children found in one chicago block school census reports 1,606 of school age or under in three blocks of laborers homes rate suicide is not known in the districts in chicago in which dwell the laboring classes no matter what lake shore drive kenwood and other fashionable residence localities may show figuies giving some surprising information were-sent yesterday to w l bodlne who is directing the school census by turee of the census takers these three showed thnt in three blocks one reported by each there are i,'sog children one block in which there were found 673 children of school age and under will prolinbly hold the ' record when the census is completed the figures given nre as follows children ln the block bounded by halsted desplaines bunker and de koven streets in the nineteenth ward 7'i children iu the bloek bounded by milwaukee avenue nnd wade crittenden and noble streets iu the seventeenth ward 480 , children in the block bounded by kit-urn avenue and taylor latlin and loomis streets in the ninth ward 453 packers case halts extradition denied new jersey governor refuses to ask deneen for chicago ; ) beef barons . _ trenton n j may 7.-governor fort - to-day announced that he would not grant j the application of pwÂ»ecutor pierre gar ven of hudson county for the requisition â– upon the governor of illinois for the ex tradition of j ogden armour edward . morris and louis swift the chicago beef i barons wbo have been indicted by the hudson county grand jury on charges of ' conspiring to enhance the cost of meat governor fort's refusal brings to a halt j the prosecution of the packers and cold storage men and nothing further can be done uuless the defendants are discovered within new jersey and served with papers the decision was rendered on the application for the requisition for armour which was used as a test case governor fort said that the offenses alleged are not covered by state legislation tlie main ground for refusal was the fact that armour was not in the state when the jnlleged conspiracy was committed and is not a fugitive from justice the governor j found that armour's visits to hoboken i were apparently fur no purpose save bourd jlng or leaving atlantic liners there nre other applications pending he ifore governor fort for the extradition of them connected with the meat packing companies in the west but when the hearing was sought by counsel for the packer the armour case was selected as a test and a hearing was blven upon that alone _ whether applications for extradition wlll now be pressed in the cases of tho other packers will depend upon prosecutor in ven unless some new point can be raised by the prosecutor the applications it g said will result in a refusal by the governor to grant requisitions upon tho governor of illiuou , 75,000 more for postoffice site appropriation bill will . give total of s2-000,000 for west side land purchase â€¢ washington may 7 chicago is to get an increase of about 750,000 in the sum the government will allow for the purchase of a site for the new west side postoffice which with the 1,250,000 already appropriated will bring the total up to 2,000,000 the additional appropriation ls to be carried in the public building bill which wlll be reported in about ten days there has been a scramble to get in on the public building bill and requests have been made for enough money for sites and buildings to bankrupt the mint the committee is bringing out a bill this year for two reasons first certain buildings are absolutely necessary and second there nre a number of congressmen who must be helped out in the coming campaign for a congressman to secure an appropriation for a public building in his district is about the highest evidence of his right to come back to washington chicago gets tlie flrst ribbon not only does congress recognize that the new postoffice is badly needed but the l'ostoftu*e department is backiug the project fred lundiu the illiuois member of the committee learned early lhat a bill wns to come out and his request for more money for chicago was oue of the flrst he asked for 1,250,000 the treasury department is in favor of the congress and halsted streets site to conform to the buiuham plans for a west side civic center george v sorrowing fdr father takes throne as ruler oe british empire successor to edward vii sobbing and in deep mourning makes address to the privy council as his first act as the new sovereign of the united kingdom date of coronation undecided dowager queen bears up under her bereavement financial and political leaders unite to meet crisis precipitated by monarch's death five of europe's rulers will attend the funeral king and mother thank united states 11 7 ashington map 7 the followin g message was received at tht vv white house to-day bp president taft london may 7 president taft white house washington : i am deeply grateful to you your government and your people for your condolences on the death of my be loved father and for your good wishes for my future prosperity george rex et imperator marlborough house rrr ashington , map 7 the following cablegram has been receives w at the white house london may 7 the president washington i am deeply touched by your telegram and i ask you to convey my heartfelt thanks to the people and the gov ernment of the united states for their sympathy in my irreparable loss and sorrow alexandra y ondon may 7 king george v was formally proclaimed as successor to the throne at 4 o'clock this afternoon j the impressive ceremony took place in the throne room of the little medieval st james palace in the presence of his privy council his majesty was almost overcome by emotion his speech modeled cleverly after that his father had delivered under the same circumstances was almost unintelligible for his sobs his tears fell on the parchments as he signed the statutory declarations and his pro found grief deeply touched the privy councillors and all the dignitaries present an immense but quiet multlde pressed about the palace for a sight ' of george v who passed with but little state he wore an admiral's uniform and was attended only by two officials from marlborough house he was greeted in silence and with bowed heads as he proceeded to the palace while two of his sons watched him from over the palace wall oath administered by lord loreburn the lord mayor of london with the shsjfffs in state coaches and robes of office made a gaudy show but viscount morley uif srackburn and other privy councillors arrived in hansoms and pushed their way through the crowd the oath was administered to the king by lord loreburn lord high chancellor following custom the members of the cabinet who were present tendered their formal resignations to the new ruler who at once re turned the resignations unacted upon thereupon the members of the cabinet and the privy councillors kissed the king's hand iccording to the traditional custom to signify allegiance to the new ruler addressing the privy council king george said my lords and gentlemen my heart is too full for me to ad dress you to-day in more than a few words it is my sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of my dearly loved father the king king comforted by sympathy of subjects in thia irreparable loss which has so suddenly fallen upon me and the whole empire i am comforted by the feeling that i have the sympathy of my future subjects who will mourn with me for their be loved sovereign whose own happiness was found in sharing and promoting theirs i have lost not only a father's love but the affectionate and intimate relations of a dear friend and adviser no less confident am i in the universal and loving sympathy which is assured to my dearest mother in her overwhelming grief standing here llttle more than nine years ago our beloved king declared that so long as there was breath in his body he would work for the good and amelioration of his subjects i am sure that the opinion of the whole nation will be that this declaration has been . fully carried out ;' to endeavor to follow in his footsteps and at the same time ta uphold the constitutional government of these realms will be the earnest object of my life i am deeply sensible of the very heavy responsibilities which have fallen upon me i know that i can rely upon the parliament and upon the people of these islands and my dominions beyond the seas for their help in the discharge of these arduous duties and the prayers that god will grant me strength and guidance lam encouraged by the knowledge that i have in my dear wife one who will be a constant helpmate in every endeavor for our people's good 68 guns fired denoting dead king's age while king george was signing the proclamation of his accession in the presence of his privy councillors who came in uniform and wear ing brilliant decorations a battery in the adjoining park was firing sixty-eight guns denoting the age o f his predecessor monday morning the proclamation of george v.'s accession will be read in all the principal towns in the kingdom trumpeters clad in scarlet and gold escorted by life g uards wilf enter the city of lou don and the lord mayor and aldermen in robes of office will meet them at temple bar . ' , the ceremony was expected to take place in london to-day and continued on bth f'age 1 column she's coining back after she sees the passion play see page 4 editorial section forÃŸargains in rebuilt cars see page four want ad section